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Kindergarten News

Week of Sep.28^th - Oct. 2^nd, 2015

Thank you for reading to your child at night and logging those minutes.  We are having excellent participation in our library reading program!  We usually can return the logs back to you on Monday, but we don’t always get them back from the library in time.  If you don’t get your log back on Monday, it will come the next day.  Thank you for understanding!

If your child would like a Fall Festival shirt, you must order by next Monday, October 5^th.  To purchase (both adult and child sizes) go to

http://store.cccreationsusa.com/rummel-creek-elmentary.html

Tonight is Spirit Night at Chick Fil A on Dairy Ashford.  Come eat from 4 pm to close.  Portions of the proceeds are donated back to Rummel Creek.  Remember to drop your receipt in the Spirit Night Box there.  You can dine in or drive thru!  Thank you, Chick Fil A!

Soon the children will be bringing home their home reader book bags.  These will come home on Fridays and you will need to return them by Monday so they are ready for our next week’s reading groups.  By the time the books come home to you, your child will have read them many times.  Do not worry if the book seems memorized.  This is an important reading skill.  Allow your child to read the book to you many times.  In the reading bag is also a list of suggested activities you can do with the book.  You do not have to do these.  They are simply suggested activities. 

This week we will explore the following:

Theme: Finishing colors and starting Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales

Reading:  We will explore the wonderful world of nursery rhymes and fairy tales.  We will identify rhyming words, characters and setting.  We will also sequence and retell, which are two very important reading skills!

Writing:  This week we will make literacy connections to nursery rhymes and fairy tales while using these familiar texts as a basis for our own individual writing!  We are looking forward to launching Writer’s Workshop with our AWESOME folders- so please send the decorated folders back so we can begin.

Word Wall Words:  REVIEW: red, green, yellow, orange, purple, blue, white, pink, brown, black. My, is, like

NEW WORDS:  the, I

Word Study: We will focus on the letter sounds of N and P.

Math: This week our focus is on counting forward and backward to 25 (from any location), creating sets to 10, and beginning more/less! We have started working with the skill of estimation (making a smart guess).  We are also working on counting one to one in an organized manner. We will continue to work on numeral writing 0-10.  

Science: We are discussing matter (anything that takes up space).  We are learning the three states of matter (solid, liquid, and gas).  Later in the week we will explore the states of matter and how they can change. 

Social Studies:  US Symbols, such as The Pledge of Allegiance and the US Flag. We are also voting to make decisions.

Homework: Read 20 minutes every night.

Optional Activities:

·       Monday:  Make a list of things that start with N & P

·       Tuesday:  How many color words can you spell?  Do you remember any color songs?

·       Wednesday:  Tell your mom or dad WHO is in your bedtime story tonight.  These are the CHARACTERS.

·       Thursday:  Grab a handful of junk. Estimate how many pieces you have.  Now count and check.  Was your guess a smart guess? 

·       Friday: Read your library book and return it, along with your reading logs!